Tips to install VLC Media Player on Pear Linux 6

VLC is a must have application for Pear Linux users. It supports almost any kind of audio and video file formats. On this tutorial, you will find how to install VLC Media Player on Pear Linux 6. Since VLC is included on Pear Linux repository, we can easily install VLC using command line.

Open Terminal and paste this command

sudo apt-get install vlc

dhani@dhani-pear:~$ sudo apt-get install vlc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  liba52-0.7.4 libaacs0 libass4 libavcodec53 libavformat53 libavutil51
  libbluray1 libcddb2 libcrystalhd3 libdc1394-22 libdca0 libdirac-encoder0
  libdirectfb-1.2-9 libdvbpsi7 libdvdnav4 libdvdread4 libebml3 libenca0
  libfaad2 libgsm1 libiso9660-8 libkate1 libmad0 libmatroska5 libmodplug1
  libmpcdec6 libmpeg2-4 libpostproc52 libresid-builder0c2a
  libschroedinger-1.0-0 libsdl-image1.2 libsidplay2 libswscale2 libtar0
  libts-0.0-0 libtwolame0 libupnp3 libva-x11-1 libva1 libvcdinfo0 libvlc5
  libvlccore5 libvpx1 libx264-120 libxcb-composite0 libxcb-keysyms1
  libxcb-randr0 libxcb-xv0 libzvbi-common libzvbi0 tsconf vlc-data vlc-nox
  vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse

Once finished, you can start using VLC on Pear Linux 6. Enjoy